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luckman212
12 days ago
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A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool
Would you mind sharing a link to "the xkcd thing" if you have it?
edit: sorry for being lazy, I scrolled a bit more and found it.
johnisgood
12 days ago
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https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
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ethbr1
11 days ago
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Relevant: "For the kinds of radiation coming off spent nuclear fuel, every 7 centimeters of water cuts the amount of radiation in half."
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wiz21c
11 days ago
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On the picture, the fuel rods are indeed protected by a huge quantity of water
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them. But what happens
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them ? They seem to be in direct contact with the ground...
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jjk166
11 days ago
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People tend to avoid casually tunneling under nuclear pools.
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afiori
11 days ago
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I would guess that in reality they are either suspended and/or there is enough concrete at the bottom
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edit: sorry for being lazy, I scrolled a bit more and found it.